Japanese Adult Videos in Taiwan
This book explores the debate between those who argue that globalization is leading to worldwide cultural homogeneity, with American cultural goods predominating, and those who argue that cultural goods are always adapted and contextualized in the particular setting in which they are used. Based on extensive original research on how Japanese adult videos are consumed in Taiwan, it presents a rich picture of how Japanese adult videos are transformed into something Taiwanese, and how they are incorporated into both male and female Taiwanese sexual culture.
Heung-wah Wong is Programme Director of Global Creative Industries at the University of Hong Kong.
Hoi-yan Yau is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Routledge culture, society, business in East Asia series
Editorial Board:
Heung-wah Wong (Executive Editor), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Chris Hutton, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Wayne Cristaudo, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Harumi Befu (Emeritus Professor), Stanford University, USA; Shao-dang Yan, Peking University, China; Andrew Stewart MacNaughton, Reitaku University, Japan; William Kelly, Independent Researcher; Keiji Maegawa, Tsukuba University, Japan; Kiyomitsu Yui, Kobe University, Japan.
How and what are we to examine if we wish to understand the commonalities across East Asia without falling into the powerful fictions or homogeneities that dress its many constituencies? By the same measure, can East Asian homogeneities make sense in any way outside the biases of East-West personation?
For anthropologists familiar with the societies of East Asia, there is a rich diversity of work that can potentially be applied to address these questions within a comparative tradition grounded in the region as opposed to the singularizing outward encounter. This requires us to broaden our scope of investigation to include all aspects of intra-regional life, trade, ideology, culture, and governance, while at the same time dedicating ourselves to a complete and holistic understanding of the exchange of identities that describe each community under investigation. An original and wide-ranging analysis will be the result, one that draws on the methods and theory of anthropology as it deepens our understanding of the interconnections, dependencies, and discordances within and among East Asia.
The book series includes three broad strands within and between which to critically examine the various insides and outsides of the region. The first is about the globalization of Japanese popular culture in East Asia, especially in greater China. The second strand presents comparative studies of major social institutions in Japan and China, such as family, community, and other major concepts in Japanese and Chinese societies. The final strand puts forward cross-cultural studies of business in East Asia.
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Japanese Adult Videos in Taiwan
Heung-wah Wong and Hoi-yan Yau
Japanese Adult Videos in Taiwan
Heung-wah Wong and Hoi-yan Yau
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Wong, Heung-Wah, 1963
Japanese adult videos in Taiwan/Heung-Wah Wong and Hoi-yan Yau.
pages cm. (Routledge culture, society, business in East Asia series; 2)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. PornographyTaiwan. 2. Pornographic filmsJapan. 3. SexTaiwan.
I. Yau, Hoi-yan. II. Title.
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Contents
We are very grateful to Dr. Harumi Befu, the well-known expert in Japanese studies, and Professor Emeritus of the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University, as well as to Dr. Kam Louie, another well-known expert in Chinese masculinity and professor, for reviewing the manuscript, in spite of their busy schedule. Both of them made several important suggestions and comments on this book without which this book would not have been possible.
Gratitude is also due to the many men and women in Taipei without whose generous help this book, in particular , could not have been written. They must be thanked for their patience in sitting with us for long hours and speaking to a foreigner about their love, sex, and use of pornography. They must also be thanked for truly treating us as their friends and offering emotional support. Thanks also go to many police officers, and to the pornography retailer in Taipei who allowed us an insiders view of the pornographic industry there and allowed us many experiences which would otherwise have been impossible. We are also indebted to many people, including our own informants, in Taipei who have shown us unfailing hospitality during our various periods of residence there. Special thanks go to Wus and Chens families who helped us feel grounded during our stay in Taipei.
Our special thanks also go to our publishers Routledge, where we have been fortunate to have found a most competent publisher; particular thanks go to Peter Sowden and Helena Hurd.
Last but not least, we are grateful to Asian Studies Review, East Asia and Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology, National Taiwan University for their generosity in allowing us to reuse parts of the published articles. We beg forgiveness of all those who have been with us over the course of the years and whose names we have failed to mention.
Note
The authors have contributed equally to the book and their names are shown in alphabetical order.
In this book, we have used the standard Pinyin system to transliterate Mandarin Chinese. Accordingly, titles of books and magazines, and names of shops/boutiques and buildings all appear in the Pinyin romanization. However, since Taiwan has used WadeGiles for decades as the de facto standard, personal names and most place names are left in original WadeGiles romanization, except those already in Pinyin. In additions, words or phrases cited from interviews in Minnahua (or Taiwanese) are left in the original Minnahua. Similarly to Japanese, Chinese personal names throughout the book have the family name appearing first. Finally, all the translations are our own and, except for personal names and place names, have been italicized throughout this book.
